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Lakwikwi died at the age of 65. He was a lawyer—sort of. According to village gossips, Lakwikwi never won any case in his life as…

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I remember all the shoes I ever wore when I was a kid. I didn’t wear a lot of them so it’s easy to remember.…

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Back in the 90s I visited a relative in a village close to Mankessim. I loved the village the very first time I stepped foot…

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Back in the 90s I visited a relative in a village close to Mankessim. I loved the village the very first time I stepped foot…

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My uncle Papa Sam, he fell in love in 1979 during the June 4th uprising. He pursued the girl for eight months and finally, the…

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Last two weeks I was at the Elmina castle. I’m a Fante. I lived in Cape Coast and saw the Cape Coast castle every day…

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You wake up in the morning to complete your chores, brush your teeth, bath, collect money from parents and go to school. You repeat that…

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I was a boy. Ten or eleven years old. I lived with my aunt whose husband prayed in no other language but in tongues. His…

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Let me take you to Mankessim… Growing up there, I thought the world started from the edge of my bed and extended to wherever my…

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My son’s school reopens this week and I can’t wait for him to leave the house in the morning and return in the evening so…

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